Notice2023-23350
Notice of Extension of Segregation of Public Lands for the Copper Rays Solar Project, Nye County, NV
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Published
October 20, 2023
Effective
October 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on October 21, 2021, segregated public lands included in the right-of-way application (N- 089655) for the Copper Rays Solar Project from appropriation under the public land laws, including the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing or Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2 years subject to valid existing rights. This 2-year extension of the segregation is necessary for the orderly administration of the public lands in order to allow the BLM to complete review of the Copper Rays Solar Project application and reach a decision on the application.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72533-72534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23350]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_NV_FRN_MO4500173630]
Notice of Extension of Segregation of Public Lands for the Copper
Rays Solar Project, Nye County, NV
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of segregation extension.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on October 21, 2021,
segregated public lands included in the right-of-way application (N-
089655) for the Copper Rays Solar Project from appropriation under the
public land laws, including the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing
or Material Sales Acts, for a period of 2 years subject to valid
existing rights. This 2-year extension of the segregation is necessary
for the orderly administration of the public lands in order to allow
the BLM to complete review of the Copper Rays Solar Project application
and reach a decision on the application.
DATES: This segregation extension for the lands identified in the
notice of segregation published in the Federal Register on October 21,
2021 (86 FR 58301) takes effect on October 21, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to the project mailing list, send requests to: Whitney
Wirthlin, Southern Nevada District Energy and Infrastructure Team, at
telephone (702) 515-5284; address 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las
Vegas, NV 89130-2301; or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b39373624352d2428353f243e151e091c022b0914111e180f083b191716551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06444a4b594850595548425943686374617f5674696c6365727546646a6b28616970">[email protected]</span></a>.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Whitney Wirthlin. Individuals outside the United States should use the
relay services offered within their country to make international calls
to the point-of contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice extends the segregation
published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2021 (86 FR 58301) for
an additional 2 years. Copper Rays Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of Leeward
Renewable Energy, LLC, submitted a right-of-way application to the BLM
Pahrump Field Office for the Copper Rays Solar Project requesting
authorization to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually
decommission a 700-megawatt
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photovoltaic solar electric generating facility, battery storage
facilities, associated generation tie-line, and access road facilities.
The BLM has made substantial progress in the review of the Copper
Rays Solar Project right-of-way application; however, the BLM needs
additional time to complete the review and make a decision on the
application. The BLM completed the application evaluation determination
process required by regulations found at 43 CFR part 2800 and
determined it was appropriate to continue processing the application.
On November 14, 2022, the BLM published a Notice of Intent to Amend the
Las Vegas Resource Management Plan and Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Copper Rays Solar Project in Nye County,
Nevada in the Federal Register (87 FR 68187). The BLM is currently
preparing the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental
Impact Statement.
Authority: 43 CFR 2091.3-1(e) and 43 CFR 2804.25(f).
Jon K. Raby,
Nevada State Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-23350 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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